Member of Parliament P.P. Chaudhary has formally requested Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to extend the deadline for furnishing tax audit reports for AY 2026-27. The request, forwarded on behalf of the Tax Bar Association, Jodhpur, asks for the deadline to be moved from 30th September 2026 to 31st October 2026. This plea is due to the heavy workload faced by tax professionals, who are juggling multiple compliance tasks including return filing, GST, and TDS/TCS, leaving insufficient time for thorough tax audits.
Update: CBDT Extends Tax Audit Due Date for AY 2026-27 to 21st October 2026; ITR Deadline Moved to 21st November
The demand for more time to complete tax audits for AY 2026-27 has received another push, with P.P. Chaudhary, Member of Parliament and Chairperson of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on One Nation One Election, taking up the matter with Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
In a letter dated 21st September 2026, Chaudhary forwarded a representation from the Tax Bar Asso
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FAQ :
P.P. Chaudhary, a Member of Parliament and Chairperson of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on One Nation One Election, has requested the extension.
The request was made to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
The proposed new due date is 31st October 2026, extended from the current deadline of 30th September 2026.
Tax professionals are facing a tightly packed compliance calendar, with significant time spent on return filing, income-tax utilities, reconciliation, and other statutory obligations like GST and TDS/TCS.
No, the letter from P.P. Chaudhary is a request. An official notification from the competent authority is required for the deadline to be officially extended.